The Super Bowl will be held this Sunday and it’s the second largest food consumption day in the nation after Thanksgiving.

Marion County Environmental Health Program Manager Cory Frank tells KNIA/KRLS News the USDA offers safety tips for how to properly serve food. Some of the tips include proper cooking temperatures for homemade chicken wings, how to construct a safe buffet line, and ways to avoid spreading bacteria in the kitchen.
We have a list of Super Bowl food safety tips available below:
To promote safe food handling the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a food safety playbook to help you keep your Super Bowl food both safe and delicious.
Plays to Food Safe Homemade Chicken Wings
Make sure your frying oil temperature is 375 °F before starting to fry.
Before frying, pat dry the chicken wings to prevent oil splatter when submerged in hot oil.
Make sure not to overcrowd the chicken wings in the frying basket. If the wings are crowded, they can be undercooked.
To take a temperature of your wings, place them on a clean plate covered in paper toweling. Use a clean food thermometer to check the internal temperature, for food safety the temp should be 165 °F. You should measure several wings before you finish cooking each batch.
If the wings are below the minimum safe internal temperature of 165 °F submerge them again in the hot oil.
Plays to a Food Safe Buffet
Keep hot food hot and cold food cold.
Hot foods must have a heat source to keep them at or warmer than 140 °F.
Cold foods should be kept on ice to remain at a safe temperature at or below 40 °F.
Perishable foods left out longer than two hours should be discarded and replenished with fresh servings.
Plays to a Food Safe Kitchen Towel
Wash your hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds to avoid spreading bacteria to your towels.
Never reuse paper towels. This product is for single use only. When used multiple times, bacteria can find their way onto the towel and hitch a ride around the kitchen.
Kitchen towels build up bacteria after multiple uses. To keep the bacteria from getting the upper hand, you should wash your kitchen towels frequently in the hot cycle of your washing machine.
Consumers can learn more about key food safety practices at Foodsafety.gov and follow @USDAFoodSafety on Twitter. Consumers with questions about food safety, can call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854)